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Conducted exploratory focus groups (N=12) in the form of “talking circles” to gather data on gambling, alcohol, smoking, and drug use: results indicated a need to gather more data on Oxycontin use and abuse(UMTRN funded; 2007).

“Our tribal council passed a resolution that we're not allowed in our clinic (Indian Health Service) to write a prescription for anyone of those pain-killing medications, Oxycontin, we can't do it unless the person is terminal.”

“I was going to school. I was supposed to graduate this year, but the pills and stuff--I just didn’t go all the time when I had pills and messed up.”

“We keep saying we're gonna quit. If we (our friend group) got together and said we're really gonna do this and like pulled together every day and just--we probably could do it. But it'd be hard. You know?”

After introduction in 1996 sales increased such that by 2002 Oxycontin became the most frequently prescribed brand-name narcotic medication (e.g., over 300,000 prescriptions in 1996 vs. 7 million prescriptions in 2002) with sales of over $1 billion annually (GAO, 2003).

To gather quantitative data from community members to gain insight into the prevalence of Oxycontin use and abuse within their families and the reservation community. Also, to gather data on existing substance abuse services, barriers and treatment needs.

“There’s got to be more programs like this for our Indian Health service….I think alcoholism and drug abuse is going to remain a problem until our funding agencies, our government takes a more active role…and that doesn’t only involve reservations, but all over.”

“It has to have an extended period of follow up….something that everybody in that family is involved with….”

“You need to have a mental health person on staff to do some therapy.”

“I would like to see a center where there’s apartments….on the rez….have AODA workers, mental health case workers.”

Miigwetch to tribal members, and the tribal Research Associate, Isabelle Kappeler. This study was supported by the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC) grant# PG: U026036 and in part by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant # 3 R01DA022720-02S2.